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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Western Shelby/Eastern Harrison Co.

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June 16th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1241 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1241 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PERSIA…OR 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENISON…MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
EARLING…IRWIN…PERSIA…DEFIANCE…WOODBINE…DUNLAP…PANAMA…
PORTSMOUTH…WESTPHALIA…TENNANT…KIRKMAN…SCHABEN PARK AND
MANTENO RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 91.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD
MOVE TO A SHELTER…INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.